AFRIHEALTH OPTONET ASSOCIATION Civil Society Organizations [CSOs] network and think-tank on Health, Community and Development Systems Strengthening EMAIL: afrihealthoptonet2@gmail.com Ph: +234 (0) 8034725905 Website: www.afrihealthcsos.org Headquarters: Plot 520, FHA Estate, Lugbe , Airport Rd; P.O. Box 8880, Wuse, Abuja, Nigeria COMMUNIQUE ISSUED BY FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ‘ UNDERSTANDING AND ENDING GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE (GBV) IN OUR SOCIETIES ’, HELD ON 14 JANUARY 2021 Participants and ending gender-based violence (GBV) activists/champions/stakeholders from Bangladesh, Belgium , Burundi, Cameroon, Egypt, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, South Africa, South America, Sudan, Switzerland , Tunisia, Uganda, United Kingdom and Zimbabwe met on 14 January 2021 via zoom, in a symposium convened and organized by Afrihealth Optonet Association [CSOs Network] within the Gender-Based Violence sympos